brontosaurus

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  1. A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the genus are also called brontosaurs.

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  1. huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic

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  • A brontosaurus, I think, with big cartooney eyes and black felt lashes. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 04-05 - October-November 2006
  • A small green brontosaurus, walking upright and pulling a red wagon, changed to a homeless man in army fatigues pushing a rusted shopping cart. —  EQMM,September-October2007
  • Should he take up a hobby, maybe search the foreshore for a suitable piece of driftwood and paint it to look like a brontosaurus? —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 01 - January 1996
  • If it were brontosaurus, he was evidently not equipped with vocal organs, for the grunting and roaring was all one-sided. —  Wonder Stories Quarterly Summer 1932
  • Instinct immediately brought him here, and when he didn't find his mate waiting for him, he became furious The brontosaurus was a herbivorous lizard. —  Amazing Stories November, 1942
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